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Re: http waits on process

by waswas-fng (Curate)
on Jan 13, 2004 at 18:14 UTC ( #321065=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to http waits on process

Back ticks ` are used in perl to execute and use the output -- so perl is waiting for the output of the command even though it is in the background. I hate to beat merlyn to the punch but he has an article about this. =)


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